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Kurska

(5,739 posts) Wed Mar 25, 2015, 04:53 PM Mar 2015

National Student Union Women's conference engages in a rousing bout of gay bashing and jazz hands.

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/uk-students-union-passes-policy-stop-white-gay-men-acting-black-women250315

Additionally they banned clapping and also drag, unless it was being used as some manner of expression in the everyday life. No crossdressing just to have a good time at the clubs you horrible gay men or straight men for that matter. The national student union will put a stop to the degenerate scourge of men dressing up like women, in the name of tolerance of course.

"A later motion passed was 503: 'Dear White Gay Men: Stop Approprirating [sic] Black Women'.

Put forward by the NUS LGBT Committee, they believe the appropriation of black women by white gay men is prevalent within the LGBTI scene and community.

'This may be manifested in the emulation of the mannerisms, language (particularly AAVE- African American Vernacular English) and phrases that can be attributed to black women. White gay men may often assert that they are “strong black women” or have an “inner black woman”,' they said.

'White gay men are the dominant demographic within the LGBT community, and they benefit from both white privilege and male privilege.'

They claimed the appropriation is 'unacceptable and must be addressed'. Passing the motion, they agreed to eradicate the appropriation of black women by white gay men and to raise awareness of the issue.

A second motion passed was the banning of cross-dressing or drag as it could be offensive to trans women.

'To issue a statement condemning the use of crossdressing as a mode of fancy dress,' they pledged.

'To encourage unions to ban clubs and societies from holding events which permit or encourage (cisgender) members to use cross-dressing as a mode of fancy dress'.

This ruling was given an exclusion to queer students who want to use cross-dressing in their everyday lives as a mode of expression and to those who want to cross-play by flipping the gender of a fictional character in fancy dress.

A NUS spokeswoman told Gay Star News: 'We're a democratic society, and if members voted for it, these are our policies'."

Gay men and black women have had historically strong bonds because of their mutual position in society as a an abused minority. Naturally this has resulted in cultural cross-pollination, which some people want to stop, because your mannerisms and behavior in a tolerant society should be entirely determined by your race and gender.

In fact, I'd say that in many ways gay men often idolize strong black females and that is part of why there is so much cross over. However, constructive joining of minorities in mutual appreciation apparently is the opposite of tolerance and diversity. Try to say that gay men are cultural thieves while simultaneously castigating the use of drag as part of fun play is a full scale assault on gay men's culture. Something that is far below what is supposed to be a tolerant and understanding organization. The fact that a group that by definition isn't inclusive of gay men is trying to set behavioral standards for gay men is in and of itself highly problematic and insulting.